Remote warfare

The United States has led the way in developing a new way of conceptualising and executing war.

The emphasis now is on effecting warfare at a distance by relying on smart technologies and light-footprint deployments rather than more traditional military approaches. With the rise of austerity in Europe, other Western states adopted part or all of this ‘remote-control warfare’ approach.

​Within this, policymakers and military planners are promoting the tactics and technologies judged to have worked during the war on terror and associated conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. As such, the five key aspects of remote warfare are:​

​Between April 2014 and November 2016, Chris and his colleagues at Open Briefing also produced a series of monthly intelligence briefings on remote warfare for the Remote Control project (now part of the Oxford Research Group).

"Open Briefing provides an invaluable service to us, conducting high-quality research in extremely tight timeframes and with limited budgets. The unique and wide-ranging pool of expertise available ensures that our very specific requests are met with the utmost precision."Caroline Donnellan, manager, Remote Control project | More